I think the BBC already does a good job of this. Our regional boundaries are already pretty much defined. eg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_UK_regional_TV_

I think the BBC already does a good job of this. Our regional boundaries are already pretty much defined. eg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_UK_regional_TV_on_satellite#BBC_One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_UK_regional_TV_on_satellite... Growing up, I had absolutely no problems comprehending that my county (cumbria) was part of a region (the north-west), which is why we got Manchester's news on the TV. That region was then part of a country, and a few countries made up our nation. We already have these tiers of identity. We already have borough seats, county seats, city seats, etc. If we federalized the UK along the same sort of regional identities the BBC does, I don't believe we'd suddenly lose any county/country/national identity. (Perhaps not exactly the same boundaries, but I can't help looking at their map and thinking - yeah, that's a good start)